By
Katherine Fitzgerald, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
Luke O'Neill, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
Andy Gearing, Biocomm International, Melbourne, Australia
Robin Callard, Institute of Child Health, University of London, U.K.
Description
Completely revised and expanded, this second edition of
The Cytokine FactsBook is the most up-to-date reference manual
available for all current well-characterized interleukins, cytokines, and their receptors. An additional 52 cytokines are included, doubling
the number of entries from the previous edition. The key properties of each cytokine are described and presented in a very accessible
format with diagrams for each of the receptors.
The Cytokine FactsBook includes free online access to the regularly
updated
Cytokine Webfacts.
Cytokine Webfacts is a web-based comprehensive compendium of facts about
cytokines and their receptors that includes a variety of data representations, such as text, signal pathway diagrams and 3D images. This
exciting resource is integrated into other databases via hypertext links to provide a unique network, and contains a web-enabled version
of RasMol for viewing structures.
Audience:
Researchers in immunology, cancer biology, biochemistry, cell biology, microbiology, molecular biology, pharmacology, neuroscience, endocrinology, rheumatology, and biotechnology.